Q: Is 57,889,608 a Composite Number?

Why is 57,889,608 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 57,889,608 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 12 14 21 24 28 37 42 56 67 74 84 111 134 139 148 168 201 222 259 268 278 296 402 417 444 469 518 536 556 777 804 834 888 938 973 1,036 1,112 1,407 1,554 1,608 1,668 1,876 1,946 2,072 2,479 2,814 2,919 3,108 3,336 3,752 3,892 4,958 5,143 5,628 5,838 6,216 7,437 7,784 9,313 9,916 10,286 11,256 11,676 14,874 15,429 17,353 18,626 19,832 20,572 23,352 27,939 29,748 30,858 34,706 36,001 37,252 41,144 52,059 55,878 59,496 61,716 65,191 69,412 72,002 74,504 104,118 108,003 111,756 123,432 130,382 138,824 144,004 195,573 208,236 216,006 223,512 260,764 288,008 344,581 391,146 416,472 432,012 521,528 689,162 782,292 864,024 1,033,743 1,378,324 1,564,584 2,067,486 2,412,067 2,756,648 4,134,972 4,824,134 7,236,201 8,269,944 9,648,268 14,472,402 19,296,536 28,944,804 and 57,889,608, with no remainder.

Since 57,889,608 cannot be divided by just 1 and 57,889,608, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).